The Iliad Book 24 Study Questions

1. What does Achilles do to Hector’s body?
2. What does Apollo do to Hector’s body?
3. How does King Priam convince Achilles to spare Hector’s body?
4. In Book 24 of The Iliad, what purpose do the jars of sorrows and blessings serve?
5. How do Zeus’s scales represent fate in The Iliad?
6. Why do the final passages of the Iliad revolve around Priam?
7. Who is given the final speech of the poem? Why?